Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Coastal Tankers
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Implement a policy of conducting risk assessments before the company becomes committed to the purchase, chartering in or management of future new or existing tankers.
Reply Text
The recommendation as drafted is incorrect: CTL already has such a policy and has demonstrated that it walks the talk with regard to implementation. CTL would be greatly assisted if TAIC could
[a] spell out what risk assessments should be carried out and at what current locations, and
[b] assure CTL that other companies contemplating such arrangements are to be subject to similar scrutiny.
CTL notes in passing that the trend for CTL and others is that any future new or existing vessels are likely to be bigger than current new or existing vessels.
With regard to my comment [a] above, if TAIC has in mind simulation studies, for example on the AMC simulator at Launceston, Tasmania, then I would like to add the following. A decision to model an earlier sister ship to Kakariki i.e. the Helix on the AMC simulator had to be reviewed when it was found the 2 vessels had dis-similar handling characteristics in service. The decision to model Kakariki itself was then taken, but implementation was delayed due to confidentiality issues with regard to her Schilling rudder. Kakariki has been so modelled since early 2000, and a joint session between CTL and POL [Port Otago Limited] has been scheduled at AMC in July 2000.
A final point to note in this regard is that assessments using the AMC simulator are subject to the relevant port agreeing to its port modelling being released. CTL places no restrictions on the availability of the Kakariki model for such purposes, nor does it charge for such release. Currently, only 4 ports in New Zealand reciprocate on that basis, 2 ports have refused such use, and another would like a financial arrangement to be entered into. I am informed that Australian ports that are modelled at AMC make their modelling freely available to anyone in the world, free of charge. In CTL's view this situation warrants a ministerial and/or regulatory review in its own right as a pre-requisite to any recommendations made by TAIC and/or MSA [Maritime Safety Authority] which require CTL and/or SFSL to utilise "currently available technology" to conduct risk assessments within New Zealand ports.
[a] spell out what risk assessments should be carried out and at what current locations, and
[b] assure CTL that other companies contemplating such arrangements are to be subject to similar scrutiny.
CTL notes in passing that the trend for CTL and others is that any future new or existing vessels are likely to be bigger than current new or existing vessels.
With regard to my comment [a] above, if TAIC has in mind simulation studies, for example on the AMC simulator at Launceston, Tasmania, then I would like to add the following. A decision to model an earlier sister ship to Kakariki i.e. the Helix on the AMC simulator had to be reviewed when it was found the 2 vessels had dis-similar handling characteristics in service. The decision to model Kakariki itself was then taken, but implementation was delayed due to confidentiality issues with regard to her Schilling rudder. Kakariki has been so modelled since early 2000, and a joint session between CTL and POL [Port Otago Limited] has been scheduled at AMC in July 2000.
A final point to note in this regard is that assessments using the AMC simulator are subject to the relevant port agreeing to its port modelling being released. CTL places no restrictions on the availability of the Kakariki model for such purposes, nor does it charge for such release. Currently, only 4 ports in New Zealand reciprocate on that basis, 2 ports have refused such use, and another would like a financial arrangement to be entered into. I am informed that Australian ports that are modelled at AMC make their modelling freely available to anyone in the world, free of charge. In CTL's view this situation warrants a ministerial and/or regulatory review in its own right as a pre-requisite to any recommendations made by TAIC and/or MSA [Maritime Safety Authority] which require CTL and/or SFSL to utilise "currently available technology" to conduct risk assessments within New Zealand ports.
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